The most clicked art world story this week has to be a piece reported by the Guardian and picked up by Hyperallergic, ArtNet, and The Smithsonian among others. People in Brussels suffering from depression, stress or anxiety are now eligible for “museum prescriptions”, free visits with a few friends or family members to discover one or more of Brussels’ cultural institutions. Above: Museum of Fashion and Lace, … Read the full Story >>
What started as an ad hoc art show organized to fill its temporarily empty galleries in 2020 has become The de Young Open—now officially designated a triennial. Designed for local Bay Area artists, free to enter, and widely supported by local media, The de Young Open is the only exhibition of its kind at a major American museum. An Open Call lasting less than two weeks … Read the full Story >>
Tomorrow night, 25 Chelsea galleries will celebrate the hottest summer on record with extended hours and special events as they host the first annual Chelsea Art Walk. In addition, local sponsors will offer food and drink specials throughout the evening. Wanting to find out more, I contacted art dealer Brian Clamp, who offered these details by email."The event was organized by Alyssa … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Books / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, January 31 Peter Burr | Strobe Warning; New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium, 7 pm. The New School, 2 West 13th Street, NY, NY. Info Artist talk: Spencer Finch, 7:30 pm. Pratt Institute, Memorial Hall, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Info Wednesday, February 1 Artist Workshop: RES 101: Info on Artist Residencies, 6:30 pm. Equity … Read the full Story >>
“Which came first, the brush or the pen?” The first question in the long-running series, In the Studio with… has steadily drawn readers to its pages. This week, DART celebrates artists who have taken up the brush to make their mark. Whether the brush in hand is a kolinsky sable or a special digital brush for their app, the artist’s impulse for the … Read the full Story >>
American Fine Craft Show Brooklyn, December 14 & 15, 11 am-6 pm Juried craft show featuring 90 artists offering one of a kind gifts, decorative accessories and furniture, in a wide range of prices and categories, including wood, ceramics, glass, jewelry, wearable and decorative fiber, leather, and mixed media. Information.Brooklyn Museum, Beaux Art Court (3rd floor), 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY. Tickets $12/$11/$6, includes museum admission. … Read the full Story >>
Josef Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is arguably one of the most significant works of fiction in the modern era. First serialized in Blackwood’s Magazine in 1899, at the height of European imperial wealth and corruption, the novella, which can be read on a slow evening, set the stage for 20th-century masterpieces such as William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, and later, Francis Ford … Read the full Story >>
Road trips are the stuff of summer, and have been an inspiration for countless photographers since Walker Evans roamed the South in the 1930s. In the 1970s, Stephen Shore criss-crossed the continent, redefining American culture through his camera's lens. His work from these journeys can be seen in a major retrospective at the International Center of Photography, and is included in a group … Read the full Story >>
When photographer Tom Wool went to Tibet's Rongbuk Valley in 2001, he followed the route taken during the first British expeditions through this area, including that taken by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine as they attempted their ill-fated Everest climb in 1924. Accompanied by two yakmen and a tiny horse over the course of a month's time, Wool came to realize how little this … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, January 17, 6-8pm: Jennifer Guidi | Rituals at Gagosian This new series of paintings that explore the sublime beauty of mountainscapes and the color spectrum, inspired by the artist’s deep connection to nature and her personal and artistic rituals. Developed through repetitive actions and processes, each painting emerges as if from a meditative journey, manifested through Guidi’s investigations of color, form, texture, and … Read the full Story >>
With A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi, author and illustrator James Yang has created a window on to what it is to be an artist. In minimalistically rendered spreads that capture the essence of place, with equally minimalistic text, he introduces children to experiences we all share, such as walking on a beach, navigating a crowded outdoor market, exploring a … Read the full Story >>
Richard Avedon (1923-2004) came to photography following World War II and built a 60-year career in fashion, reportage, portraiture and advertising that seemed to melt perceived barriers between photography’s many genres. When the Richard Avedon Foundation announced earlier this year that the Gagosian Gallery would take over representation of the photographer’s work, it was only a matter of time that a major exhibition would go … Read the full Story >>
Last week, Viktor Koen invited me to a walkthrough of an exhibition of his students' work at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Gramercy Gallery. A member of the faculty in the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program, Viktor teaches the first semester of the first year of this two-year program. Each student receives the same assignment: to illustrate a short story by creating a body … Read the full Story >>
Beginning in the mid-1950s, the School of Visual Arts [SVA] was in the vanguard of academic institutions in the U.S. to recognize the need for alternative marketing strategies to attract new students. SVA took to the platforms of New York City’s subway with advertising posters that were both thought-provoking and eye-catching, featuring the work of legendary artists like Ivan Chermayeff, Milton Glaser and George … Read the full Story >>
Miami’s new modern and contemporary art museum, renamed the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), opens today with exhibitions that reflect its growing strengths as a collecting institution. Contemporary art, in the form of a 20-year survey of works by Ai Wei Wei and new monumental sculptures by Jedd Novatt, are surrounded by smaller shows of art, video, sculpture and installations by Yael Bartana, Bouchra Kahlil, Hew Locke, and Monika Sosnowska. The modernist … Read the full Story >>
Graphic Design: Now in Production, a traveling exhibition on contemporary graphic design organized by Andrew Blauvelt of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and Ellen Lupton of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, continues through August 3 at RISD, in Providence, RI. This week, a series of lectures and presentations will introduce students and the public to some of the most vibrant graphic design work produced … Read the full Story >>
The look of love in the eyes of two lovers is unmistakable. The emotion most written about, most filmed, easily most talked about writes its own story over time. As a subject for photography, however, not so much. Until this winter, when a new book, Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s, arrived from 5 Continents Publishing. A collection of hundreds … Read the full Story >>
Jones Family Tenant House 1, 2010 by Beate Sass, from the Tall Timbers Plantation Project, at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Deltona, FL. Artist talk this Saturday. Information. Wednesday, April 25 Book Launch, 7-9 pm: Seamus Mullen’s Hero Food | How Cooking with Delicious Things Can Make Us Feel Better featuring the author in conversation with Alan Sytsma of Grub Street. powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, … Read the full Story >>
The 2013 Beijing International Photography Week opens today at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing's Xicheng District. With the theme "Photography: World in Focus," the photo week will present a series of exhibitions, lectures, forums and themed activities at the main venue, as well as at the 798 Art Zone, Caochangdi Art Zone, Wangfujing Pedestrian Street and Cable 8 Creative Culture Zone. The centerpiece of the program is the First … Read the full Story >>
Left: Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe. USA. 2008. Directed by Harry Kim. Pictured: David Choe. Courtesy of Filmmaker. Right: Bloodbath. USA. 2011. Directed by Cecil B. Feeder. Pictured: Elizabeth McGrath. Courtesy of Filmmaker. From All the Wrong Art: Juxtapose Magazine on Film, running February 7-14 at the Museum of Modern Art.Tuesday, February 1, 6:00-8:00 pm. Opening … Read the full Story >>
